PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13523, 22 August 1907, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

m M''■"': " : '.V ; Mb. J. Buttle went South by the Rotoiti yesterday. . .; Mr. Weston, of Wellington, arrived by tho Rotoiti yesterday. ; Mr. N. A. L. Gazzard returned South . yesterday by the Rotoiti. ;"."' ... Mr. G. Kronfeld left for the Islands last night by the Manapouri. • Mr. L. P. Christie was a passenger for •"tho South yesterday by the Rotoiti. | Misses Ivy G. Pollard and Edith Burton .- were passengers for the South by the Rotoiti yesterday. Mr. H. J. Greenslade, M.H.R. for. War- .. kato, was a passenger for Wellington by the ""Rotoiti yesterday. • Mr. C. Bailey, sen., who has been in ill- > health for some, months past, left for the Islands last night by the Manapouri to recuperate. ( Mr. Holdsworth, general manager of the • Union S.S. , Company, and his secretary ;';' (Mr. Norman), left for Dunedin by the r«i ' Mokoia last evening. ,'• Mr. W. A. Ehvarth, manager of the ; Ngunguru Sawmill Company, and Mr. H. t P. Taylor, the sec-Mary, left for Gisborne last evening by the Mokoia. j ■;■■■■■' ••< The passengers from the South by the v; Rotoiti yesterday included Messrs. G. ;. Rutherford. W. Rattray. 11. T. Gorrio, F. O. Jaeobsen, M. Clark, and J. Ricketts. Mr. W. A. Kennedy, Wellington manav x,, ~ger for the Union S.S. Company, accom- * panied by Mrs. and Miss Kennedy, left for the Islands last night by the Manapouri. V: - His Excellency the Governor.. Lord Piunket, accompanied by Lady Plunket and " - the Hon. Kathleen Plunket, left for New Plymouth yesterday by the Rotoiti, en route \'/* to Wellington. Mr. W..R. Blow, local manager of the Government Tourist Bureau, accompanied by Mrs. Blow, arrived from the South by V 7 . the Rotoiti yesterday, after a holiday trip |; of three weeks' duration. Mr. John Fox, licensee of the Zetland Hotel, died suddenly last night, at ChristV church (says a Press Association message). Deceased "was a very old settler, having arrived in New Zealand in 1858. : Mr. J. A. Grimwood, chief clerk for the Union S.S. Company at Auckland, and Mrs. Grimwood left for Dunedin by'tho Mokoia last evening. During Mr.' Grimwood's |c / absence from Auckland Mr. F. O'Meara ? v will take lip his duties. .V* ■:.:'. Mr. I John Hornby, who was the first ' sawmillei in Picton district, died at Hoki- »" fcika on' Tuesday, aged 75, after a ■ short , illness (states" a Press Association tele- , gram). ' He had been engaged in the sawv milling industry- at Hokitika for some years. Miss Frances Molesworth, elder daughter -of Mr: D. Moles worth, sen., of Huntly, was !■■ i; .married to Mr. H. Collins, of the Thames, ; . , at St. Paul's Church. Huntly, on Tuesday, the vicar; the Rev. A. J. Beck, officiating. The bride, who ; was given away by her "' father,' was attend<?d by her younger sister, Mr. D.Healey acting as groomsman.. 7. Yesterday morning,* at the residence of the bride's mother, " Te Whare," Grafton Road, was quietly celebrated the marriage - of Miss May Niccol, eldest daughter of Mrs. MacGregor Laird, to Mr. Ralph ; ' Morey, of Tarata, Taranaki. The bride, , who was given away- by her stepfather, : ~w ore a.tasteful costume of cream ; nun's *' Veiling • trimmed with satin and lace, and the usual veil and. orange blossoms. She ;..was. ;; attended , by, her sister, Miss ; Annie- - Niccol, as bridesmaid, who was also prettily attired in cream. The bflaegroom ;. was supported : by Mr. Reginald George, of New Plymouth. Mr. and Mrs. Morey left in the afternoon for New Plymouth by V the Rotoiti.' \ ,;■.:•■ ■ - The death occurred on Tuesday of Mr. R. ' S. Thompson, a well-known settler of Normanby (telegraphs our Hawera correspon- . dent), after a long illness, at the age of 66 ' .years. Deceased came to the colony many years ago, and for a : short time followed • farming and mining pursuits in the South ;.' v ■■"'lsland.'; Soon after he came to the. North '.■■ -'-' ] ' Island. He took, a keen interest in the . native . race, and acted as, native interpreter feSvy ■ ■. to ', the Government in the early seventies. He was present at Parihaka when Te Whiti \ t and Tohu were arrested on November 5, -, . 1881. • Mr. Thompson was possessed -of . literary talent, contributing to various journals in the Australasian colonies. Latterly he bad acted as editor to the now defunct Maori Record. The native race lose a strong advocate for their rights by his ''''■•" death. - ,